MALAWI VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	24,391	5	5,939	+ 18,452
Coronary Heart Disease	2	19,263	7	4,929	+ 14,334
Diabetes Mellitus	3	18,086	14	2,267	+ 15,819
Kidney Disease	4	10,322	19	1,567	+ 8,754
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,506	2	7,739	+ 767
Prostate Cancer	6	7,288	40	271	+ 7,017
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,065	4	6,221	+ 843
Lung Disease	8	6,842	21	1,340	+ 5,502
Hypertension	9	6,795	17	1,797	+ 4,998
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,163	25	782	+ 5,380
Violence	11	4,792	32	406	+ 4,386
Liver Disease	12	4,513	10	3,259	+ 1,254
Inflammatory/Heart	13	4,079	35	370	+ 3,709
Breast Cancer	14	3,297	27	600	+ 2,696
Stomach Cancer	15	2,837	45	206	+ 2,631
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,733	44	234	+ 2,499
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,613	42	257	+ 2,356
Lung Cancers	18	2,421	51	131	+ 2,290
Low Birth Weight	19	2,226	8	4,339	- 2,113
Skin Disease	20	2,093	53	101	+ 1,991
Other Injuries	21	1,910	22	1,266	+ 644
Suicide	22	1,864	23	1,007	+ 857
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,796	46	200	+ 1,597
Lymphomas	24	1,695	24	839	+ 856
Cervical Cancer	25	1,536	12	2,876	- 1,340
Falls	26	1,363	28	562	+ 802
Asthma	27	1,242	26	705	+ 537
Drownings	28	1,208	30	458	+ 750
Alcohol	29	1,197	52	114	+ 1,083
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,048	13	2,509	- 1,461
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,044	60	38	+ 1,006
Epilepsy	32	922	41	260	+ 662
Malnutrition	33	852	20	1,499	- 647
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	695	39	280	+ 416
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	593	6	5,782	- 5,189
Leukemia	36	573	56	82	+ 491
Liver Cancer	37	523	38	317	+ 207
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	510	49	154	+ 355
Fires	39	429	34	380	+ 50
Oesophagus Cancer	40	406	16	1,842	- 1,435
Ovary Cancer	41	405	48	158	+ 248
Birth Trauma	42	401	9	3,563	- 3,162
Oral Cancer	43	398	43	251	+ 147
Tuberculosis	44	378	11	2,992	- 2,614
Uterin Cancer	45	263	62	23	+ 241
Drug Use	46	248	59	48	+ 201
Maternal Conditions	47	239	15	1,854	- 1,615
Other Neoplasms	48	235	63	17	+ 219
Meningitis	49	189	18	1,792	- 1,603
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	169	61	29	+ 141
Appendicitis	51	145	54	94	+ 52
Encephalitis	52	143	58	48	+ 95
Dengue	53	76	65	9	+ 67
Multiple Sclerosis	54	58	66	9	+ 49
Poisonings	55	34	37	325	- 291
Tetanus	56	28	47	178	- 150
Syphilis	57	24	29	480	- 456
War	58	22	71	2	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	59	16	57	60	- 43
Hepatitis B	60	8	55	88	- 80
Schistosomiasis	61	7	50	143	- 137
Chlamydia	62	6	70	3	+ 3
Pertussis	63	4	31	436	- 432
Ascariasis	64	1	69	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	15	- 14
Otitis Media	66	0	68	5	- 5
Diphtheria	67	0	72	2	- 2
Skin Cancers	68	0	36	331	- 331
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	33	388	- 388
Schizophrenia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	67	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Leishmaniasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	1	12,839	- 12,839
Trichuriasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Saint Lucia

Malawi

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.